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Read MoreABI Research survey results reveal North American business customers spend 23 percent more on mobile services than consumers. But until now, mobile productivity application development has lagged behind mobile entertainment services development, limiting the opportunities for serving the business customer.
Read MoreGlobalstar, Inc. [NASDAQ:GSAT] has announced the scheduled launch date for four of their firstgen ground spare satellites — October 21st. These four satellites, in conjunction with the four satellites launched on May 30th, will be used to augment the company's current first-generation LEO (low earth orbit) satellite constellation.
Read MoreLong time company executive Mike Turner will be stepping down as the Chief Executive Officer of BAE Systems, as well as leaving the Board of Directors, at the end of August 2008.
Read MoreViaSat Inc. has been awarded an $8.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Cryptographic Support Group (CPSG) for system design and development of the next generation Telemetry, Tracking, and Control (TT&C) cryptographic unit. The system is designed to replace legacy equipment used in satellite ground stations.
Read MoreScience Applications International Corporation [NYSE: SAI] announced their subsidiary, Benham Companies LLC, has been awarded a $51.4 million cost-plus-incentive-fee contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The contract calls for Benham to design, engineer and build two testing facilities.
Read MoreThe Third Annual DoD Commercial SATCOM Users Workshop will be conducted at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington D.C. from November 13th through the 15th. Leaders from DoD Combatant Commands, services and agencies, along with satellite operators, service providers, resellers, ground equipment suppliers and manufacturers, will be in attendance.
Read MoreNewTek, Inc. has announced Ralph Messana is the company’s newly named Director of Latin American Sales.
Read MoreSkyBitz has announced the board of directors has elected Dr. Homaira Akbari as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
Read MoreAs you may have read in our October 17th news story entitled Lockheed Martin Has No Blockage for IIR-M… Launch Set”, such has come to pass. A U.S. Air Force modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], was launched successfully from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II launch vehicle.
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